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American League
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The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League, is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a league based in the Great Lakes states. It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season,25 years after the formation of the National League. At the end of season, the American League champion plays in the World Series against the National League champion. Through 2016, American League teams have won 64 of the 112 World Series played since 1903, the 2016 American League champions are the Cleveland Indians. The New York Yankees have won 40 American League titles, the most in the history, followed by the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics. Originally a minor league known as the Western League, the American League later developed into a major league after the American Association disbanded, in its early history, the Western League struggled until 1894, when Ban Johnson became the president of the league. Johnson led the Western League into major league status and soon became the president of the newly renamed American League, babe Ruth, noted as one of the most prolific hitters in Major League Baseball history, spent the majority of his career in the American League. The American League has one notable difference versus the National League, in 1902, the Milwaukee Brewers moved to St. Louis and were renamed the St. Louis Browns. In 1902, The Cleveland Bluebirds were also renamed the Cleveland Broncos, in 1903, the Broncos were renamed the Cleveland Naps. In 1915, the Naps were renamed the Cleveland Indians, in 1903, the Baltimore Orioles moved to New York and were renamed the New York Highlanders. In 1913, the Highlanders were renamed the New York Yankees, in 1904, the Chicago White Stockings were renamed the Chicago White Sox. In 1908, the Boston Americans were renamed the Boston Red Sox, in 1954, the St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and were renamed as the Baltimore Orioles. In 1955, the Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City and were renamed as the Kansas City Athletics, in 1961, the league expanded and added two teams as the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Senators, expanding the league to 10 teams. The original Senators team moved to Minneapolis/St, Paul in 1961 and were renamed as the Minnesota Twins. The Angels team name changed to the California Angels in 1966, then to the Anaheim Angels in 1997, the Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Pilots were added to the American League, expanding the league to 12 teams. In 1970, the Seattle Pilots moved to Milwaukee and were renamed the Milwaukee Brewers, in 1972, the Washington Senators relocated to the Dallas/Fort Worth area and were renamed the Texas Rangers. In 1977, the league expanded to fourteen teams, when the Seattle Mariners, in 1998, the Tampa Bay Rays was added to the American League and at the same time, the Milwaukee Brewers were switched to the National League, leaving the American League with 14 teams

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Bennett Park (Detroit)
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Bennett Park was a ballpark, named after Charlie Bennett, that formerly existed in Detroit, Michigan, at Michigan and Trumbull. It was home to the Detroit Tigers, the ballclub began play here in the minor Western League with a 17-2 win over the Columbus Senators on April 28,1896. That league was renamed the American League in 1900 but was officially a minor league. The AL declared itself a major starting in 1901. Bennett Park was home to the first nighttime game in Detroit. On September 24,1896, the Tigers played their last game of their first season at Bennett Park, Tigers owner George Arthur Vanderbeck had workers string lights above the stadium for the nighttime game. Nighttime baseball wouldnt return to Detroit until June 15,1948, the ballpark sat 5,000 when opened in 1896 and was gradually expanded to 14,000 by the time it was closed after the 1911 season. That did not count the wildcat bleachers that were built on the rooftops of houses behind the left field fence and this small ballpark enjoyed some big success, as the Tigers and their young sensation Ty Cobb won three consecutive pennants during 1907–1909. Unfortunately, their success ran out in the post-season on each occasion and this ballpark is hallowed ground to fans of the Chicago Cubs, as it was on this site in both 1907 and 1908 that the Cubs clinched their first two World Series championships. Baseball-Almanac. com Past Tigers Venues A New Field of Dreams for Detroit

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Detroit
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Detroit is the most populous city in the U. S. state of Michigan, the fourth-largest city in the Midwest and the largest city on the United States–Canada border. It is the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state, the municipality of Detroit had a 2015 estimated population of 677,116, making it the 21st-most populous city in the United States. Roughly one-half of Michigans population lives in Metro Detroit alone, the Detroit–Windsor area, a commercial link straddling the Canada–U. S. Border, has a population of about 5.7 million. Detroit is a port on the Detroit River, a strait that connects the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport is among the most important hubs in the United States, the City of Detroit anchors the second-largest economic region in the Midwest, behind Chicago, and the thirteenth-largest in the United States. Detroit and its neighboring Canadian city Windsor are connected through a tunnel and various bridges, Detroit was founded on July 24,1701 by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and a party of settlers. During the 19th century, it became an important industrial hub at the center of the Great Lakes region, with expansion of the American automobile industry in the early 20th century, the Detroit area emerged as a significant metropolitan region within the United States. The city became the fourth-largest in the country for a period, in the 1950s and 1960s, suburban expansion continued with construction of a regional freeway system. A great portion of Detroits public transport was abandoned in favour of becoming a city in the post-war period. Due to industrial restructuring and loss of jobs in the auto industry, between 2000 and 2010 the citys population fell by 25 percent, changing its ranking from the nations 10th-largest city to 18th. In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and this resulted from suburbanization, corruption, industrial restructuring and the decline of Detroits auto industry. In 2013, the state of Michigan declared an emergency for the city. Detroit has experienced urban decay as its population and jobs have shifted to its suburbs or elsewhere, conservation efforts managed to save many architectural pieces since the 2000s and allowed several large-scale revitalisations. More recently, the population of Downtown Detroit, Midtown Detroit, paleo-Indian people inhabited areas near Detroit as early as 11,000 years ago. In the 17th century, the region was inhabited by Huron, Odawa, Potawatomi, for the next hundred years, virtually no British, colonist, or French action was contemplated without consultation with, or consideration of the Iroquois likely response. When the French and Indian War evicted the Kingdom of France from Canada, the 1798 raids and resultant 1799 decisive Sullivan Expedition reopened the Ohio Country to westward emigration, which began almost immediately, and by 1800 white settlers were pouring westwards. By 1773, the population of Detroit was 1,400, by 1778, its population was up to 2,144 and it was the third-largest city in the Province of Quebec

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Michigan
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Michigan /ˈmɪʃᵻɡən/ is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit, Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is noted to be shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, the two peninsulas are connected by the Mackinac Bridge. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, as a result, it is one of the leading U. S. states for recreational boating. Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds, a person in the state is never more than six miles from a natural water source or more than 85 miles from a Great Lakes shoreline. What is now the state of Michigan was first settled by Native American tribes before being colonized by French explorers in the 17th century, the area was organized as part of the larger Northwest Territory until 1800, when western Michigan became part of the Indiana Territory. Eventually, in 1805, the Michigan Territory was formed, which lasted until it was admitted into the Union on January 26,1837, the state of Michigan soon became an important center of industry and trade in the Great Lakes region and a popular immigrant destination. Though Michigan has come to develop an economy, it is widely known as the center of the U. S. automotive industry. When the first European explorers arrived, the most populous tribes were Algonquian peoples, which include the Anishinaabe groups of Ojibwe, Odaawaa/Odawa, the three nations co-existed peacefully as part of a loose confederation called the Council of Three Fires. The Ojibwe, whose numbers are estimated to have been between 25,000 and 35,000, were the largest, French voyageurs and coureurs des bois explored and settled in Michigan in the 17th century. The first Europeans to reach what became Michigan were those of Étienne Brûlés expedition in 1622, the first permanent European settlement was founded in 1668 on the site where Père Jacques Marquette established Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan as a base for Catholic missions, missionaries in 1671–75 founded outlying stations at Saint Ignace and Marquette. Jesuit missionaries were received by the areas Indian populations, with relatively few difficulties or hostilities. In 1679, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle built Fort Miami at present-day St. Joseph, in 1691, the French established a trading post and Fort St. Joseph along the St. Joseph River at the present day city of Niles. The hundred soldiers and workers who accompanied Cadillac built a fort enclosing one arpent, cadillacs wife, Marie Thérèse Guyon, soon moved to Detroit, becoming one of the first European women to settle in the Michigan wilderness. The town quickly became a major fur-trading and shipping post, the Église de Saint-Anne was founded the same year

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Frank Navin
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Francis Joseph Navin was the principal owner of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball for 27 years, from 1908 to 1935. He also served as president and acting president of the American League. Born in Adrian, Michigan, Navin was one of nine children of Irish immigrants and he attended the Detroit College of Law and worked as both a lawyer and accountant. In 1902, Navin was a bookkeeper at the offices of Samuel F. Angus when Angus led a syndicate that purchased the Detroit Tigers. Angus brought the 31-year-old Navin with him as the teams bookkeeper and he also served as secretary, treasurer, business manager, farm director, chief ticket seller, advertising manager, and any other position that demanded immediate attention. In 1903, Navin bought $5000 in stock in the team, Navin had an eye for talent, and he built a team that won three straight pennants from 1907–1909. His signing of Ty Cobb and Hughie Jennings was instrumental in the development of the Tigers championship teams, but Angus soon tired of the Tigers massive monetary losses, and told Navin to find a buyer. Navin quickly cut a deal with the richest man in Michigan, however, Yawkey died before the deal closed, and Navin persuaded his son, Bill Yawkey, to complete the deal. Yawkey had little involvement in the Tigers day-to-day operations, largely leaving those in the hands of Navin, in January 1908, Yawkey sold Navin almost half the club, making him for all intents and purposes a full partner. Navin then became president in name as well as in fact. Baseball was not a business for Navin. It was his business and passion. Navin once said, No game is cleaner, healthier or more scientific, thousands of devotees out into the open air and the sunshine and distracts them from every contaminating influence. And legendary Detroit News sports editor H. G. Salsinger wrote that Navin was one of the few owners who knew the end of the game as well as the business end. Despite his love of the game, Navin developed a reputation as a penny-pincher, a 1904 letter he wrote to Hall of Famer Sam Crawford adds to the reputation. In 1919, after Yawkeys death, Navin bought 15 shares from the Yawkey estate to become half-owner of the Tigers, however, without Yawkeys fortune to fall back on, Navin had to take on additional investors to keep afloat. With this in mind, he brokered the sale of 25 percent of the Yawkey interest to auto-body manufacturer Walter Briggs, Sr. after Kelseys death, Briggs bought Kelseys interest and became a full partner with Navin, though he stayed in the background. Navins tough negotiations and salary battles with Tiger players are legendary, in the 1920s, Tigers slugger Bob Fats Fothergill always had a weight problem, and Navin constantly rode Fothergill about it

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Hughie Jennings
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Hugh Ambrose Jennings was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager from 1891 to 1925. Jennings was a leader, both as a batter and as a shortstop, with the Baltimore Orioles teams that won National League championships in 1894,1895, during those three seasons, Jennings had 355 runs batted in and hit.335.386, and.401. Jennings was a fiery, hard-nosed player who was not afraid to be hit by a pitch to get on base, in 1896, he was hit by pitches 51 times – a major league record that has never been broken. Jennings also holds the record for being hit by pitches with 287. Jennings also played on the Brooklyn Superbas teams that won National League pennants in 1899 and 1900. From 1907 to 1920, Jennings was the manager of the Detroit Tigers, where he was known for his antics, hoots, whistles. Jennings suffered a breakdown in 1925 that forced him to leave Major League Baseball. He died in 1928 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. Jennings worked as a boy in the local anthracite coal mines. He drew attention playing shortstop for a baseball team in Lehighton. He was signed by the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1891 and he stayed with the Colonels when they joined the National League in 1892 and was traded on June 7,1893 to the Baltimore Orioles. Jennings played with the Orioles for parts of seven seasons and became a star during his years in Baltimore, the Baltimore Orioles teams of 1894,1895, and 1896 are regarded as one of the greatest teams of all time. Amidst all those players, Jennings was appointed captain in 1894. During the Orioles championship years, Jennings had some of the best seasons ever by a major league shortstop, in 1895, he hit.386, scored 159 runs, collected 204 hits, knocked in 125 runs, and stole 53 bases. In 1896, his performance was better, as he hit.401 with 209 hits,121 RBIs. The fiery Jennings was also known as one of the most fearless players of his time, in one game, he was hit by a pitch three times. In 1896, he was hit by pitches 51 times—a Major League record that still stands, in just five seasons with the Orioles from 1894 to 1898, Jennings was hit by pitches an unprecedented 202 times. During one game, Jennings was hit in the head by a pitch from Amos Rusie in the 3rd inning, as soon as the game ended, Jennings collapsed and was unconscious for three days

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1909 Detroit Tigers season
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The 1909 Detroit Tigers won the American League pennant with a record of 96–56, but lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1909 World Series,4 games to 3. The season was their 9th since they were members of the American League in 1901. It was the third season in which they won the pennant. Center fielder Ty Cobb won the Triple Crown and pitcher George Mullin led the league in wins, catching duties were split between Boss Schmidt and Oscar Stanage. Schmidt hit.265 in 1908, but his average dropped to.209 in 1909. As a young man, Schmidt worked in the mines and was a skilled brawler who fought an exhibition match with the heavyweight champion. Schmidt also beat Ty Cobb in at least two fights, in the second fight, Schmidt knocked Cobb unconscious but admired Cobbs resiliency, and the two became friends until Schmidts death in 1932. Schmidt never wore shinguards and could force nails into the floor with his bare fists, Stanage played for the Tigers from 1909 to 1920, catching 1,074 games for Detroit—second only to Bill Freehan in team history. Stanage was a weak hitter but one of the best defensive catchers of the dead-ball era, known for his strong throwing arm, Stanage threw out more baserunners than any other catcher in the 1910s. Stanage still holds the American League record for most assists by a catcher, with 212 in 1911, Stanage was not as skilled with the glove, his 41 errors in 1911 was the most by a catcher for the 20th Century. First baseman Claude Rossman played for the Tigers from 1907 to 1909, in 1908, Rossman had the best year of his career with 33 doubles,219 total bases, and 48 extra base hits. On August 20,1909, the Tigers traded him to the St. Louis Browns for Tom Jones, Rossman had a peculiar emotional quirk where he sometimes froze and could not throw the ball when he became excited. Runners would lead off first to draw a throw from the pitcher and he was 28 when he played his last major league game and died at age 46 in a New York hospital for the insane where he had been a patient for several years. Second baseman Germany Schaefer was traded by the Tigers to the Washington Senators during the 1909 season for Jim Delahanty. Schaefer is remembered more for his antics than for his performance on the field, including trying to steal first base and, coming to bat in the rain with a raincoat and boots. In 1919, a little over a year after Schaefer played his last game, he died at age 42 of tuberculosis at the sanitarium in Saranac Lake, Jim Delahanty took over at second base from Germany Schaefer in 1909. He played all seven games of the 1909 World Series, batting.346 with 4 RBIs, donie Bush was Detroits starting shortstop for thirteen seasons from 1909 to 1921. His 52 sacrifice hits is the fourth highest single season total in league history

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Detroit Tigers
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The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball as a club of the American League Central division. One of the ALs eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in 1901 and they are the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in the AL. The Tigers have won four World Series championships,11 AL pennants, the Tigers also won division titles in 1972,1984 and 1987 while members of the AL East. The team currently plays its games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit. The Tigers constructed Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue in Corktown, in 1912, the team moved into Navin Field, which was built on the same location. It was expanded in 1938 and renamed Briggs Stadium and it was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until moving to Comerica Park in 2000. The club is a member of the American League, one of four clubs still located in its original city. It was established as a member in 1901. The Tigers played their first game as a league team at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 25,1901. After entering the ninth inning behind 13–4, the team staged a comeback to win 14–13. The team finished third in the eight-team league,11 years later, an elegant stadium was constructed on the site of Bennett Park and named Navin Field for owner Frank Navin. In 1938, it was improved and named Briggs Stadium, and was subsequently renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961, Tiger Stadium was used by the Tigers until the end of the 1999 season. Since 2000, they have played in Comerica Park, there are various legends about how the Tigers got their nickname. One involves the orange stripes they wore on their black stockings, Tigers manager George Stallings took credit for the name, however, the name appeared in newspapers before Stallings was manager. Another legend concerns a sportswriter equating the 1901 teams opening day victory with the ferocity of his alma mater and they had played significant roles in certain Civil War battles and in the 1898 Spanish–American War. The baseball team was informally called both Wolverines and Tigers in the news. The earliest known use of the name Tigers in the media was in the Detroit Free Press on April 16,1895, upon entry into the majors, the ballclub sought and received formal permission from the Light Guard to use its trademark

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Baseball
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases, Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the team who reaches a base safely can later attempt to advance to subsequent bases during teammates turns batting. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the team records three outs. One turn batting for both teams, beginning with the team, constitutes an inning. A game is composed of nine innings, and the team with the number of runs at the end of the game wins. Baseball has no clock, although almost all games end in the ninth inning. Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century and this game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the sport of the United States. Baseball is now popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, in the United States and Canada, professional Major League Baseball teams are divided into the National League and American League, each with three divisions, East, West, and Central. The major league champion is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World Series, the top level of play is similarly split in Japan between the Central and Pacific Leagues and in Cuba between the West League and East League. The evolution of baseball from older bat-and-ball games is difficult to trace with precision, a French manuscript from 1344 contains an illustration of clerics playing a game, possibly la soule, with similarities to baseball. Other old French games such as thèque, la balle au bâton, consensus once held that todays baseball is a North American development from the older game rounders, popular in Great Britain and Ireland. Baseball Before We Knew It, A Search for the Roots of the Game, by David Block, suggests that the game originated in England, recently uncovered historical evidence supports this position. Block argues that rounders and early baseball were actually regional variants of other. It has long believed that cricket also descended from such games. The earliest known reference to baseball is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, David Block discovered that the first recorded game of Bass-Ball took place in 1749 in Surrey, and featured the Prince of Wales as a player. William Bray, an English lawyer, recorded a game of baseball on Easter Monday 1755 in Guildford and this early form of the game was apparently brought to Canada by English immigrants

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Road (sports)
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A road game or away game is a sports game where the specified team is not the host and must travel to another venue. Most professional teams represent cities or towns and amateur sports teams often represent academic institutions, each team has a location where it practices during the season and where it hosts games. When a team is not the host, it must travel to games. Thus, when a team is not hosting a game, the team is described as the team, the visiting team, or the away team. The venue in which the game is played is described as the stadium or the road. The host team is said to be the home team, major sporting events, if not held at a neutral venue, are often over several legs at each teams home ground, so that neither team has an advantage over the other. Occasionally, the team may not have to travel very far at all to a road game. These matches often become local derbies, a few times a year, a road team may even be lucky enough to have the road game played at their own home stadium or arena. This is prevalent in college athletics where many schools will play in regional leagues or groundshare. The related term true road game has seen increasing use in U. S. college sports in the 21st century, while regular-season tournaments and other special events have been part of college sports from their creation, the 21st century has seen a proliferation of such events. These are typically held at sites, with some of them taking place outside the contiguous U. S. or even outside the country entirely. In turn, this has led to the use of true road game to refer to contests played at one home venue. In some association football leagues, particularly in Europe, the teams fans sit in their own section. Depending on the stadium, they will either sit in a designated section or be separated from the home fans by a cordon of police officers. However, in the leagues in England, supporters may be free to mix. When games are played at a site, for instance the FA Cup final in England which is always played at Wembley Stadium. This results in each team occupying one half of the stadium and this is different from other sports, particularly in North America, where very few fans travel to games played away from their home stadium. Home and away fans are not separated at these games

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Bill Donovan
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William Edward Donovan, nicknamed Wild Bill, was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball. He played eighteen seasons with the Washington Senators, Brooklyn Superbas, Detroit Tigers, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Donovan won his Wild Bill nickname while playing for Hartford in the minors. When Hartford teammate Cy Seymour was returned to the Major Leagues after throwing wildly over a fence behind home plate, Donovan received a $10 fine and a new nickname. Donovan served as the football coach at Georgetown University in 1898. Donovan made his league debut on April 22,1898. During his first three seasons, he was a seldom used reliever on Superbas teams that won consecutive National League pennants, in 1899 and 1900. Donovan moved to the American Leagues Detroit Tigers in 1903, where he would continue his pitching success alongside teammates George Mullin, Sam Crawford, appearing in three World Series, he went 1–4 with a 2.88 ERA. Donovan also became the first pitcher to lose consecutive deciding games in the World Series in 1908–09, on May 7,1906, Donovan accomplished a rare feat even for the best base stealers. He stole second base, third, and on the front end of a double steal and he also hit a triple in the same game. An arm injury ended Donovans career in 1912, Donovan was player–manager for the Yankees from 1915 to 1917 and a coach for the Tigers in 1918. He made several appearances for the Yankees and Tigers, including one final start on the last day of the 1918 season. He later served as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies for part of the 1921 season, being replaced after 44 games by Kaiser Wilhelm. In December 1923, while traveling on the 20th Century Limited train to Chicago for Major League meetings, Donovan, New Haven president George Weiss had swapped berths with Donovan and escaped with a minor injury. Phillies owner William F. Baker was also on the train, in 378 career games, Donovan had a 186–139 won–loss total and threw 2964⅔ innings with 289 complete games and a 2.69 ERA

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Ed Killian
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Edwin Henry Killian, nicknamed Twilight Ed, was a Major League Baseball pitcher primarily of the Detroit Tigers. Twice a 20-game winner, Killians career ERA of 2.38 is tied for 24th best in Major League Baseball history, ahead of pitchers Cy Young, born in Racine, Wisconsin, Killian did not start his first game in the majors until he was age 26. He came up late in the 1903 season and was 3–4 for the Cleveland Naps, in January 1904, Killian was traded by the Naps with Jesse Stovall to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Lush. Killian pitched the rest of his league career with the Tigers. In 1904, Killian had 32 complete games and a 2.44 ERA in 331 innings, as proof that his 1904 win-loss record was not indicative of his talents, Killian battled Cy Young in one of the most remarkable pitching duels in history on May 11,1904. Young and Killian each pitched 14 scoreless innings, before the Red Sox scored a run in the 15th inning, winning 1–0, in 1905, Killian turned things around, reducing his ERA to 2.27. He started 37 games and completed 33 and he wound up with a 23–14 record, the third best win total in the AL and 4th best in complete games. His eight shutouts in 1905 was tops in the American League, Killian started only 16 games in 1906 and finished 10–6, but 1907 saw Killian reach the high point of his career. That year, Killian started 41 games for the American League Champion Detroit team and he had a record of 25–13 and an ERA of 1. 78–81 points lower than the league average ERA of 2.59. Killians performance in 1907 helped lead the Tigers to their first AL pennant and was one of the best pitching performances in the history of the Detroit Tigers. Caught in a race at the end of the 1907 season with Connie Macks Athletics, Killian pitched. Unfortunately, the Tigers ace was worn out for the post-season and was able to pitch 4 innings with no-decision in the 1907 World Series against the Cubs. Killian also holds the record for fewest home runs allowed, giving up only 9 in his entire career, at one point, Killian pitched a record 1001 innings, spanning parts of five seasons, without allowing a home run. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, best pitching seasons by a Detroit Tiger List of Major League Baseball individual streaks Ed Killian

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Bill Lelivelt
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William John Lelivelt was a professional baseball pitcher. He played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1909 and 1910 and he appeared in five major league games and compiled an 0–2 record in 29 innings pitched with an earned run average of 3.41. Lelivelt was born in Amsterdam on 21 October 1884 as Willem Johan Lelivelt and his father Franciscus Zacharias Lelivelt came from Groessen, his mother Theodora Mattijssen from Renkum. They married in Amsterdam on 19 June 1884, and emigrated in 1887 to the USA, at the time of the 1900 U. S. Census, the family was living at 586 S. Spaulding Avenue in Chicago. Lelivelt began his baseball career playing for the Davenport Riversides of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League from 1905 to 1906. He began the 1907 season with the Clinton Infants of the Three-I League and he compiled a 16–8 record for Decatur in 1908. Lelivelt began the 1909 season with the Mobile Sea Gulls of the Southern Association, on July 13,1909, he was traded by Mobile to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Frank Allen, George Suggs and $2,800. He made his league debut in Detroit on July 19,1909. He appeared in four games for the 1909 Tigers, two as a starter, and compiled an 0–1 record and 4.50 ERA, although the Tigers won the American League pennant in 1909, there is no record of Lelivelt having appeared in the 1909 World Series. In November 1909, Lelivelt was part of a group of Tigers players that toured Cuba, Lelivelt allowed only five hits in a 2–1 loss to the Almendares team in late November. The Cabañas Company printed a series of baseball cards showing the members of the Almendares, Habana, lelivelts Cabañas baseball card is pictured above and to the right. On May 6,1910, Lelivelt appeared in his last major league game, although Lelivelt took the loss, he allowed only two runs in the first eight innings, and Joe S. Jackson wrote in the Detroit Free Press that Lelivelt pitched an excellent game. Lellivelt spent the remainder of the 1910 season playing for the Minneapolis Millers and he played four more years in professional baseball for the Montgomery Billikens, Minneapolis Millers, and Springfield Watchmakers. He pitched a no-hitter for the Millers in August 1912, lelivelts younger brother Jack Lelivelt was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1909 to 1914. In September 1918, Lelivelt was employed by the City of Chicago and he continued to be in the employ of the City of Chicago in 1942. Lelivelt died in February 1968 and was buried at Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery in Niles, Illinois

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George Mullin (baseball)
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Mullin holds the Detroit Tigers franchise record for innings pitched and has the second most wins in the teams history. Yet, as one author noted, The pitching prowess and significant achievements of George Mullin seem to have faded away on the pages of baseball history. Not even in the Motor City, is the name of George Mullin, the burly right-hander from Wabash, Indiana, mentioned. Mullin was a powerfully built right-hander with a fastball. He was known to try to keep opposing batters off balance by talking to them when they came to bat, and with a runner on third base at Bennett Park, Mullin was known to fake a throw over the head of catcher Boss Schmidt. Schmidt would then fake an attempt to run after the errant pitch, Mullin would then toss the ball to Schmidt for an easy out. He compiled a record of 228–196, ranking 65th in wins in major league history. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Mullin played semi-pro baseball in Wabash, Indiana, in 1901, at age 20, Mullin signed with both the Brooklyn Superbas and Detroit Tigers. Mullin chose the Tigers, wishing to stay closer to his home in Indiana, Mullin played his first twelve seasons with the Tigers. In his rookie season,1902, Mullin won 13 games for the 7th place Tigers, the following season, Mullin won 19 and reduced his ERA to 2.25. In 1903, Mullin was among the American League leaders with 6 shutouts,170 strikeouts, in 1904, Mullin had another strong year, pitching a club record 42 complete games with a 2.40 ERA and 161 strikeouts. However, the Tigers in the era were a weak-hitting team that remained mired in 7th place. In 1905, Mullin won 21 games for his first 20-win season and he started in a career-high 44 games and pitched in a club record 382-1/3 innings. He continued to remain below the average with an ERA of 2.51. The Tigers finished in 6th place in 1906, but Mullin had another year with a record of 21–18 and 35 complete games. Mullin had remarkable stamina as a pitcher and he started 428 games and had 353 complete game—25th highest total in major league history. He was among the American League leaders in complete games nine straight years and his career highs were 42 complete games and 382⅓ innings, both Tigers team records. To this day, Mullin is the Tigers all-time innings pitched leader, Mullin was a powerfully built pitcher with an intimidating fastball, perhaps even more so due to his imperfect control

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Sailor Stroud
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Ralph Vivian Stroud, sometimes referred to as Sailor Stroud, was an American baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for 20 years from 1910 to 1929 and he appeared in 70 major league games,41 as a starter, compiling an 18–20 win–loss record and a 2.94 earned run average in 361 innings pitched. Stroud was born in Ironia, New Jersey, in 1885, Stroud was a 6 ft 0 in right-handed pitcher. He began pitching in the leagues in 1908 at age 23 with the Trenton Tigers in the New Jersey. He then signed with Newark of the Eastern League in 1909 and also played that year with the Williamsport Millionaires, in August 1909, the Detroit Tigers purchased Stroud from the Williamsport team. He made his league debut with the Tigers on April 29,1910, shutting out the St. Louis Browns. He appeared in 28 games for the Tigers during the 1910 season,15 as a starter and he allowed nine home runs in 1910 — more than any other pitcher in the American League. In April 1911, the Tigers sold Stroud to the Buffalo Bisons on an optional contract and he played with the Bisons during the 1911 and 1912 seasons, appearing in 77 games and compiling records of 12–9 in 1911 and 16–15 in 1912. In January 1913, Stroud was purchased by the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League. During the 1913 season, Stroud appeared in a career high 51 games,35 as a starter, in 1914, Stroud had another strong season for the Solons, with a 20–18 record and a 2.01 ERA in 331 innings. Stroud returned to the leagues in 1915, playing for the New York Giants. On May 5,1915, he won a duel with Grover Cleveland Alexander. In all, Stroud appeared in 22 games, nine as a starter, for the 1915 Giants and he remained with the Giants in 1916, compiling a 1–2 record with a 2.70 ERA in 10 games. Stroud won his last major victory on May 26,1916. He appeared in his minor league game on June 13,1916. After his major career was over, Stroud continued to pitch in the minor leagues for another 13 years from 1916 to 1928. He played in the American Association for five years from 1916 to 1920 for the Louisville Colonels from 1916 to 1918. During the 1919 and 1920 seasons, he played for the Salt Lake City Bees of the Pacific Coast League, in February 1921, Stroud signed with Hanford in the San Joaquin Valley League

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Ed Summers
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Oron Edgar Summers, nicknamed Kickapoo Ed, due to his Kickapoo ancestry, was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers. Summers was born in Ladoga, Indiana and attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville and he began his playing career in the American Association before joining the Tigers in the American League in 1908. In his rookie season, Summers emerged as the Tigers best pitcher, finishing with a 1.64 ERA in 301 innings pitched and a 24–12 win-loss record. On September 25,1908, the Tigers were two back of the Cleveland Naps for the AL pennant and were scheduled to play a doubleheader. Summers threw two complete game victories, winning the second game 1–0 after throwing 10 shutout innings, Summers is still the only player to have pitched a pair of complete game victories and throw more than eighteen innings. The Tigers went on to win the pennant and returned to the World Series for a rematch against the Chicago Cubs, in the 1908 World Series, Summers pitched in Games 1 and 4, losing both times to Three Finger Brown. That season his 24 wins tied for place in the AL behind Ed Walshs 40. On July 16,1909, Summers pitched 18 scoreless innings of a tie game against the Washington Senators at Bennett Park and he finished the 1909 season at 19–9 and the Tigers recaptured the pennant. In the 1909 World Series, he started Game 3, and he returned for Game 5 but lost to Babe Adams. Summers played three seasons before rheumatism ended his playing career at age 27. In 138 career games, he had a 68–45 record with a 2.42 ERA and he died from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 68 in 1953 in Indianapolis. Best pitching seasons by a Detroit Tiger Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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Ed Willett
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Robert Edgar Willett, sometimes known by the nickname Farmer, was a right-handed American baseball pitcher. In 274 major league games, Willett compiled a 102–100 win–loss record with 142 complete games, a run average of 3.08,600 strikeouts. Willett was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1884 and he moved to Caldwell, Kansas, in his youth. Willett began his baseball career in the Western Association, playing for the Wichita Jobbers in 1905 and 1906. He compiled a 10–5 win-loss record with a 2.69 earned run average in 16 games during the 1905 season, on August 27,1906, in his final game in a Wichita uniform, Willett held Webb City to one run in 15 innings. Although he lost more games than he won in 1906, he reportedly lost a number of games on flukes and was regarded by many as the best pitcher in the Western Association. On August 9,1906, Willett was purchased from Wichita by the Detroit Tigers, originally scheduled to remain with Wichita through the end of the 1906 season, the Tigers asked in late August that he report early. Willett made his league debut with Detroit on September 5,1906. In the final month of the 1906 season, Willett appeared in three games, all as a starter, and compiled a 0–3 record with a 3.96 ERA. In 1907, Willett saw limited action with the Tigers, appearing in 10 games, six as a starter, Willett became a regular starting pitcher for the 1908 Detroit Tigers team that won the American League pennant. He appeared in 30 games,23 as a starter, willetts best season was 1909 when he appeared in 41 games,34 as a starter, and compiled a 21–10 record with a 2.34 ERA. He ranked among the American League leaders with 21 wins and a.677 winning percentage and he also appeared in two games as a relief pitcher in the 1909 World Series, giving up no earned runs and three hits in 7-2/3 innings pitched against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Willett had another season in 1910. He appeared in 37 games,25 as a starter, and compiled a 16–11 record and he remained a regular starting pitcher for the Tigers through the 1913 season, compiling records of 13–14 in 1911, 17–15 in 1912, and 13–14 in 1913. In January 1914, Willett signed a contract to play for Mordecai Browns St. Louis Terriers in the Federal League, the Terriers finished in eighth place in the Federal League in 1914, and Willett compiled a career-worst 4–17 record with a 4.27 ERA in 27 games. In 1915, Willett returned to the Terriers, though he was converted into a relief pitcher and he appeared in 17 games, all but two games in relief, and compiled a 2–3 record with a 4.61 ERA. He appeared in his last major league game on September 23,1915, throughout his career, Willett had a propensity to hit batters with his pitches. He led the American League with 17 hit batsmen in 1912 and was among the league leaders seven straight years from 1908 to 1914 and his career total of 106 hit batsmen ranks 73rd in major league history

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Ralph Works
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Ralph Talmadge Works, nicknamed Judge, was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers, born in Payson, Illinois, Works was called Judge by teammates for his scholarly countenance. Works had career record of 24-24 with a 3.79 ERA and his best season was 1911 when he went 11-5 in 30 games for the Tigers. He ranked fifth in the American League in winning percentage in 1911, Works died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Pasadena, California in 1941 at age 53, with his wife in an apparent double suicide. He is buried in Altadenas Mountain View Cemetery, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Baseball Library

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Heinie Beckendorf
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Henry Ward Heinie Beckendorf was a professional baseball catcher from 1903 to 1912. He played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1909 and 1910, Beckendorf was born in 1884 in New York, New York. He played semi-professional baseball with the Williams Athletic Association in New York City, Beckendorf began his professional baseball career in 1903 with the Kingston Colonials of the Hudson River League. He played for Kingston from 1903 through the part of the 1906 season. In 1905, he helped Kingston win the Hudson River League pennant, in early 1906, Beckendorf filed a claim with the National Board asking to be released from Kingstons reserve list. Beckendorf sought the release on the grounds that Kingston had failed to pay him all that was due, in April 1906, the Board sustained Beckendorfs claim on both bases and struck his name from Kingtons reserve list. In May 1906, after gaining his release from Kingston, Beckendorf signed with the Providence Grays of the Eastern League and he split the remainder of the 1906 season with the Grays and the Newark Sailors of the Eastern League. During the 1907 and 1908 seasons, Beckendorf played for the Scranton Miners in the New York State League and he helped Scranton win the New York State League pennant and was presented with a silver shaving set by his Scranton admirers. At the end of July 1908, Beckendorf was purchased from Scranton by the Detroit Tigers with the condition that he would report to Detroit in the spring, Mr. Beckendorf signed a contract with the Tigers in January 1909. At the time, Detroit Free Press writer Joe S. Jackson wrote and he looks like a man who would thrive on hard labor. The Sporting Life called Beckendorf one of the highest-touted backstops who have broken into fast company in recent years, in March 1909, the same publication reported on Beckendorfs prospects as follows, Beckendorf in particular seems to have the making of a sure big leaguer. While his batting does not promise much, he has learned considerable from Hughey Jennings in this respect and his throwing is sensational, his demeanor behind the bat inspiring and his fleetness of foot considerable in a chap so stockily built. In general appearance he reminds one very much of Spencer, of Boston, Beckendorf made his major league debut with the Tigers on April 16,1909. He appeared in 15 games for the 1909 Tigers, compiling a.259 batting average in 27 at bats, although the Tigers won the American League pennant in 1909, there is no record of Beckendorf having appeared in the 1909 World Series. In November 1909, Beckendorf was among a group of players from the 1909 Tigers that toured Cuba and he alternated as a catcher and right fielder during the Cuban tour. The Cabañas Company printed a series of baseball cards showing the members of the Almendares, Habana, Beckendorfs Cabañas card is displayed to the right. Beckendorf began the 1910 season with the Tigers, in March 1919, Beckendorfs photograph was featured on the front page of Sporting Life. He appeared in three games for the 1910 Tigers, compiling a.429 batting average in seven at bats

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Boss Schmidt
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Charles Boss Schmidt was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played six seasons with the Detroit Tigers. Schmidt was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas and began his playing career in the Missouri Valley League in 1902. Joining the Tigers in 1906, Schmidt shared playing time with two catchers on the teams roster, John Warner and Fred Payne, in baseballs first season-long platoon arrangement. The following season, he became the starting catcher as the Tigers won three consecutive American League pennants from 1907 to 1909. Schmidt had 6 hits and 5 RBIs in three World Series from 1907 to 1909 and he also holds the dubious distinction of having committed five errors and allowed 16 stolen bases during the 1908 World Series—both records which still stand today. Schmidt also made the last out in consecutive World Series in 1907-08, both World Series were won by the Chicago Cubs—the last World Series the Cubs won until 2016. Schmidt also let the 3rd strike with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth of Game 1 of the 1907 Series get away, allowing a run to score, after 12 innings the game was called on account of darkness and the game was ruled a tie. Also, in the 1907 World Series, Schmidt gave up a record 7 stolen bases in Game 3, Schmidts best season was 1908, in which he had career highs in hits, runs batted in, walks, and batting average. In 477 career games, Schmidt batted.243 with 360 hits and 3 home runs and he also served as a base umpire in three games in 1906-07, as active players were often used as substitute umpires. As a young man, Schmidt worked in the mines and developed a muscular. According to the Detroit Tigers information office, Schmidt beat Ty Cobb in several fights, in the second fight, Schmidt knocked Cobb unconscious but admired Cobbs resiliency while fighting and stayed to revive Cobb as he lay motionless on the Tiger dressing room floor. Despite their clashes, Schmidt and Cobb became close friends until Schmidts death in 1932, Schmidt also played a role in Cobbs March 1907 fist fight with an African American groundskeeper. When the groundskeeper tried to shake Cobbs hand, Cobb slapped him, the groundskeepers wife yelled at Cobb, and Cobb began to choke her. Schmidt intervened and stopped Cobb from hurting her further, Cobb and Schmidt then got into a fight and had to be separated by their teammates. Schmidt was a skilled brawler who reportedly even fought a match with the heavyweight champion. He felt that he was the best fighting baseball player in the league, aside from his prowess as a fighter, Schmidt was also known for other displays of his physical toughness. As a catcher, Schmidt never wore shinguards and he could force nails into the floor with his bare fists. He once visited a carnival with some of his teammates

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Oscar Stanage
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Oscar Harland Stanage was an American baseball catcher. He played professional baseball for 24 years from 1903 to 1926, a native of Tulare, California, he began his baseball career with the Stockton Millers. He was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1906, in August 1908, Stanage was purchased by the Tigers and remained with them from 1909 to 1920. He appeared in 1,096 major league games,1,074 as a catcher, in 1911, he set an American League record with 212 assists as a catcher, a record that still stands. He led the American League in assists by a three times and threw out 830 base runners in the 1910s, more than any other American League catcher. He ranks among the career leaders at catcher with 1,381 assists,931 runners caught stealing. Stanage finished his career in the leagues for the Los Angeles Angels, Sacramento Senators, Visalia Pirates. He served as a player-coach for the Tigers in 1925, player-manager of the Evansville Hubs in 1926, Stanage was born in Tulare, California, in 1883, the son of a rancher and farmer. Stanage attended Stockton High School and was a catcher on the baseball team. He played independent baseball after graduating high school. Stanage began playing baseball for the Stockton Millers in the California State League from 1903 to 1906. In 1906, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, on May 19,1906, he appeared in his only game with the Reds, had only one plate appearance and did not get on base. In late July 1906, the Reds assigned Stanage to the Memphis Chicks in the Southern Association, Stanage spent the 1907 and 1908 seasons with the Newark Bears in the Eastern League, compiling batting averages of.201 and.197. On August 6,1908, the Tigers purchased Stanage from Newark subject to the caveat that he would remain with Newark until the end of the season, in the spring of 1909, Stanage immediately impressed observers with his strong arm. He shared the position with Boss Schmidt, Schmidt appeared in 81 games as catcher. Stanage compiled a.262 batting average in 252 at bats with six triples and 21 RBIs. The Tigers won the American League pennant, and in the 1909 World Series, Stanage and Schmidt continued to share catching duty for the Tigers in 1910 with Stanage appearing in 84 and Schmidt 66 games behind the plate. However, Stanages batting average dropped 55 points from.262 in 1909 to.207 in 1910, in 1911, Stanage became the Tigers regular catcher and compiled a career high.264 batting average with 27 extra base hits and 51 RBIs

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Donie Bush
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Owen Joseph Donie Bush, was an American professional baseball player, manager, team owner, and scout. He was active in baseball for 65 years from 1905 until his death in 1972. Bush was the shortstop for the Detroit Tigers from 1908 to 1921. He was recognized as one of the best defensive shortstops of the dead-ball era and he had more putouts, assists, and total chances than any other shortstop of the era, and his 1914 totals of 425 putouts and 969 chances are still American League records for shortstops. He also led the American League in assists by a shortstop on five occasions, as a batter, Bush did not hit for high batting average but was regularly among the Major League leaders in drawing bases on balls, sacrifice hits, stolen bases, and runs scored. At the time of his retirement in 1923, Bushs 1,158 bases on balls ranked second in Major League history and his 337 sacrifice hits still ranks fifth in Major League history, and his 1909 total of 52 sacrifice hits is the fourth highest in Major League history. His 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates won the National League pennant and lost to the 1927 Yankees in the World Series, Bush was also a co-owner of the Louisville Colonels and Indianapolis Indians, president of the Indians, and a scout for the Boston Red Sox. He was given the title King of Baseball during Major League Baseballs 1963 winter meetings and he was known as Mr. Baseball in Indianapolis and was an inaugural inductee of the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame. Bush was born in 1887 in Indianapolis, Indiana and he was the son of Irish-American parents and raised on the east side of Indianapolis. His father died when Bush was a child, and at the time of the 1900 United States Census, Bush was living with his mother, Bush was one of the best defensive shortstops of the dead-ball era. He collected more putouts, assists, and total chances than any other shortstop of the era and his 1914 total of 969 chances is also still the American League record. He also led the American League in assists by a shortstop on five occasions,1909,1911,1912,1914, Bush also holds the Major League record for most career triple plays with nine. Bushs triple plays came on May 4,1910, April 24,1911, May 20,1911, September 9,1911, April 6,1912, August 23,1917, August 14,1919, May 18,1921, and September 14,1921. As a batter, Bush ranked among the American League leaders in bases on balls 12 straight years, from 1909 through 1920 and his career high was 118 bases on balls in 1915. During the decade from 1910 to 1919, no Major League player had more bases on balls than Bush, at the time of his retirement in 1923, Bush had 1,158 walks, second best in Major League history trailing only Eddie Collins. Bush also collected 337 sacrifice hits in his career, ranking him fifth on the all-time Major League leader list and he led the league with 52 sacrifice hits in 1909 and hit another 48 in 1920. In 1920, Baseball Magazine rated Bush among the top ten players in Major League Baseball over the past decade in the categories of waiters, run-getters, and base-stealers. Bush was also one of the shortest players in the Major Leagues at five feet, six inches, Bush once said, I used to tell em it aint how big you are, its how good you are

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Jim Delahanty
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James Christopher Delahanty was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played thirteen seasons with eight clubs, the Chicago Orphans, New York Giants, Boston Beaneaters, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, born in Cleveland, Ohio, he batted and threw right-handed. He was the fourth of six brothers, and all of them played professional baseball, after his baseball career, Delahanty moved back to Cleveland, where he lived until he died. Delahanty was born to a Cleveland teamster into a family of six boys, five of the Delahanty brothers became Major League Baseball players, including older brother Ed Delahanty, and the sixth brother played minor-league baseball. Though Jim was the fourth of the six brothers, he was the last brother to remain a player in the major leagues. Beginning in 1896, Delahanty played minor-league baseball for several teams until the Chicago Orphans bought his contract in 1901 and his introduction to the major leagues was brief, as Delahanty broke his patella after 17 games, ending his rookie season. After that season, Delahanty was traded to the New York Giants and he played briefly for the team, but he spent most of 1902 and all of 1903 back in the minor leagues. He hit.382 for the 1903 Little Rock Travelers and he played his first full season in 1904, in which he batted.285 with the Beaneaters. Boston traded Delahanty to the Cincinnati Reds in 1906 in exchange for Al Bridwell, in September 1906, the St. Louis Browns bought him from the Reds, and the next June, the Washington Senators purchased his contract from the Browns. He was traded mid-season by the Senators to the Tigers in 1909 for Germany Schaefer and played in his only World Series that season, in 1911, Delahanty hit for his highest batting average and he had a career-high in runs batted in. He stayed in the leagues until the middle of the 1912 season, having encountered illness. He finished his career in the Federal League. In 1,186 career games, Delahanty had 1,159 hits with 19 home runs and 151 stolen bases, after his baseball career, Delahanty worked for the city of Cleveland as a street paver. He died in a Cleveland hospital in 1953 after a long illness and he was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland. He was survived by a wife, Hester, and a daughter, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference The Editors of Total Baseball

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Tom Jones (baseball)
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Thomas Jones was an American baseball player. He compiled a.251 career batting average in 813 major league games and he was one of the best defensive first basemen of his era. He led all American League players, regardless of position, with 487 outs made in 1904 and 1,616 putouts in 1908. Among the leagues first basemen, he ranked second in assists for six years from 1904 to 1909, led in range factor in 1904 and 1905. His career range factor of 11.20 ranks third all-time in major league history, Jones was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, in 1877. Jones made his league debut on August 25,1902. He appeared in 37 games for the Orioles and compiled a.283 batting average, after the 1902 season, the Orioles moved to New York and became the Yankees. Jones remained in Baltimore with the newly formed Baltimore Orioles minor league club of 1903, Jones appeared in 127 games at first and second base and compiled a.335 batting average with 103 RBIs and 17 stolen bases. In September 1903, Jones was drafted by the St. Louis Browns and he played six seasons for the Browns from 1904 to 1909 and became known as one of the best defensive first basemen in baseball. He led all American League players, regardless of position, with 487 outs made in 1904 and 1,616 putouts in 1908 and he ranked second in putouts in 1904,1905,1907, and 1910. Among the leagues first basemen, he ranked second in assists for six years from 1904 to 1909, led in range factor in 1904 and 1905. His career range factor of 11.20 ranks third all-time in major league history behind Jiggs Donahue and he also led the American League with 40 sacrifice hits in 1906. On August 20,1899, the Browns traded Jones to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Claude Rossman and he appeared in 44 games for the 1909 Tigers and also appeared in all seven games of the 1909 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1910, Jones concluded his major career with the Tigers. Over the course of eight league seasons, Jones appeared in 1,058 games,1,033 of them as a first baseman. Defensively, he totaled 10,872 putouts,698 assists,456 double plays, after his major league career ended, Jones played for five seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association from 1911 to 1915. Jones died in Danville, Pennsylvania, in 1923 at age 46

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Chick Lathers
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Charles Ten Eyck Chick Lathers was an American baseball player. With a.383 batting average, he was the third baseman and he later played two years of Major League Baseball as an infielder for the Detroit Tigers. He was also active in government in northern Michigan. Lathers was born in Dearborn, Michigan, at age 16, Lathers played for the 1905 Cass club baseball team that won the city championship of Detroit, Michigan. The 1905 Cass club team also included two other professional players -- Bert Lerchen, who played for the Boston Red Sox, and Harvey Bussey. After graduating from school, Lathers enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played as a third baseman for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team. He was enrolled at Michigan in the program from 1907 to 1910 and was described as a major contributor to the success of the 1909 Wolverines baseball team. The 1909 team finished with a record of 18–3–1 and outscored its opponents 140–59, Lathers was the leading hitter on the 1909 team with a batting average of.383. He was described by The Washington Post as the star of the University of Michigan. The Post reported that Lathers had an average of more than.400 at Michigan, and noted that, when he does hit. Lathers was also considered a sure fielder, in February 1910, press accounts reported that Lathers had either been expelled or flunked out at Michigan. The 1910 baseball season at Michigan was the first under new coach Branch Rickey, because of the expulsion of Lathers, Rickey, who was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, was deprived of the services of the teams best batsman. As soon as Lathers was expelled from Michigan, Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings announced that Detroit had first claim on his services, after joining the Tigers for spring training, Lathers made the team and had his major league debut on May 1,1910. Early in the 1910 season, Lathers was touted as a future star, the Washington Post in late May 1910 published Lathers’ photograph with a caption describing him as Chick Lathers, last years star of the University of Michigan nine. However, with Jim Delahanty, Donie Bush, and George Moriarty holding down the starting jobs at second base, shortstop and third base, Lathers did not find his way into Detroit’s starting lineup. As a result, Lathers spent most of the 1910 season, as one put it. Lathers played in 41 games for the 1910 Tigers, playing games at second base, shortstop and he compiled a.230 batting average and.300 on-base percentage in 93 plate appearances during the 1910 season. In February 1911, Lathers returned to the Tigers for spring training, press accounts suggested that, if the injured legs of Delahanty and Bush had healed, there was no chance of Lathers taking their starting spots

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George Moriarty
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George Joseph Moriarty was an American third baseman, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball from 1903 to 1940. He played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Highlanders, Detroit Tigers, Moriarty was born in Chicago, where he grew up near the Union Stock Yards. He made his league debut on September 7,1903 at the age of 19 with the Cubs. He was an average hitter but an outstanding baserunner, with 20 or more bases in eight consecutive seasons and 248 career stolen bases. He played his last major league game on May 4,1916 with the White Sox, afterward, he became an American League umpire from 1917 to 1940, interrupted only by a 2-year stint as manager of the Tigers in 1927-28. He was one of the ALs most highly regarded umpires in his era, working in the 1921,1925,1930,1933 &1935 World Series, on Memorial Day in 1932, Moriarty worked behind the plate for a Cleveland Indians home game against the White Sox. When several Chicago players took exception to his calls, he challenged them to settle the dispute under the stands of League Park after the game, pitcher Milt Gaston took him on first but Moriarty knocked him flat, breaking his hand. Several White Sox, including manager Lew Fonseca and catcher and future AL umpire Charlie Berry, the next day, AL president Will Harridge issued numerous fines and a 10-day suspension for Gaston. It is reported that once while Moriarty was umpiring, none other than Babe Ruth stepped out of the batters box, when he did so, Ruth reportedly replied, Just as I thought, only one I. The baseball card shown to the left of this text, however, Moriarty also was noted for coming to the defense of Tiger slugger Hank Greenberg in the 1935 World Series, when he warned several Chicago Cubs to stop yelling antisemitic slurs at Greenberg. When they defied him and kept up the abuse, he took the step of clearing the entire Chicago bench—a move that got him fined by longtime Commissioner/Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. In his biography, Greenberg recalled, Much later in my career George Moriarty, back in the early 1900s he played third base for Detroit, and he used to steal home. Somebody wrote a poem about him, and the title was Never Die on Third Moriarty, all through the rest of his life George felt he knew something about stealing home. When he was umpiring on third base, and on occasion when Id get on third, I never had the guts enough to try, because I didn’t think I could make it. Id run down the line, and hed keep insisting that I take a bigger lead, I was always afraid that I was going to get picked off. But it was interesting to see Moriarty, who was umpiring at third base and it became a joke among the players, but I never got up the nerve to try it. Despite his combative field persona Moriarty was quite congenial off the field, on the other hand, during 1944 divorce proceedings his wife testified, His attitude toward the next-door neighbors was of intense hatred for no reason whatever. One time he heard the neighbors radio and he was so angry he carried our radio to the open window next to the neighbor and turned it on full blast for about three hours